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JUNE 1997 · Volume 71, Issue 6
Month in Statistics
U.S. production of paper and paperboard continued to rise in February from a year ago, according to the American Forest & Paper Assn. The seasonally unadjusted rate of production reached 91.895 mtpy, up 8.3% from last year. Paper production for the month was up 9.1% from year-ago numbers to 43.398 mtpy on a seasonally unadjusted basis, while paperboard output increased 7.5% to 48.497 mtpy.
Among major grades (on an annualized year-to-date basis) coated paper shipments were up 17.5% from a year ago, newsprint production rose 3.8%, and tissue was up 1.6%. Most grades continued to rise in February, but unbleached kraft liner fell 3.5% over February 1996. Total packaging and other papers were up 5.3% when compared with last year. Both U.S. market pulp and total woodpulp production were up from last year, 4.7% and 1.5%, respectively.
Canadian newsprint shipments totaled 595,000 m. tons in February, down 9.8% from February 1996, but up 5.8% from January 1997. Newsprint mills operated at 98% of capacity. Canadian woodpulp shipments were up 24.8% from February 1996 and reached 1.6 million mtons for the year-to-date, with mills operating at 97% of capacity in February.
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% change |
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year-to-date |
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year ago |
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year ago |
| PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION1 |
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| Newsprint |
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Feb. |
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566 |
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4.2 |
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7,066 |
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3.8 |
| Uncoated groundwood (s) |
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Feb. |
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140 |
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-9.1 |
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1,899 |
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2.6 |
| Coated paper (s) |
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Feb. |
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690 |
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16.8 |
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8,599 |
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17.5 |
| Uncoated free-sheet 7 |
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Feb. |
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1,077 |
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10.0 |
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13,597 |
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13.3 |
| Other printing/writing 7 |
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Feb. |
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124 |
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-3.1 |
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1,502 |
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-9.9 |
| Total packaging and other paper |
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Feb. |
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372 |
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3.6 |
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4,499 |
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5.3 |
| Tissue |
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Feb. |
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494 |
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0.6 |
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6,237 |
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1.6 |
| Total paper |
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Feb. |
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3,464 |
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7.1 |
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43,398 |
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9.1 |
| Unbleached kraft paperboard |
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Feb. |
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1,819 |
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2.5 |
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22,360 |
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3.1 |
| Semichemical medium |
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Feb. |
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460 |
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7.7 |
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5,876 |
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16.1 |
| Bleached paperboard |
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Feb. |
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433 |
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10.2 |
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5,283 |
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8.7 |
| Recycled paperboard |
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Feb. |
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1,198 |
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6.8 |
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14,978 |
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10.9 |
| Total paperboard |
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Feb. |
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3,910 |
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5.2 |
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48,497 |
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7.5 |
| Total paper and paperboard 5 |
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Feb. |
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7,373 |
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-2.0 |
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91,895 |
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8.3 |
| PULP, WASTEPAPER, AND FIBER2 |
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| Total woodpulp production |
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Feb. |
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5,225 |
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4.6 |
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63,912 |
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1.5 |
| Market pulp production |
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Feb. |
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688 |
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8.3 |
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8,400 |
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4.7 |
| Wastepaper consumption at paper/board mills |
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Feb. |
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2,799 |
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11.0 |
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N.A. |
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5.4 |
| CONVERTED PRODUCTS STATISTICS3 |
| Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2) 6 |
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Feb. |
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29.570 |
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0.6 |
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60.444 |
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-1.1 |
| Containerboard inventories at mills/plants |
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Feb. 28 |
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3.080 |
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-1.0 |
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| INTERNATIONAL TRADE2 |
| U.S. paper imports (including products) |
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Jan. |
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1,210 |
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-2.8 |
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14,525 |
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-2.8 |
| Imports of Canadian newsprint |
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Jan. |
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595 |
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-9.7 |
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7,139 |
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-9.8 |
| U.S. paper exports (including products) |
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Jan. |
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1,059 |
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31.9 |
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12,712 |
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31.9 |
| Exports of unbleached kraft liner |
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Jan. |
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333 |
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53.5 |
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3,993 |
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53.1 |
| CANADIAN STATISTICS4 |
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| Total newsprint shipments 6 |
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Feb. |
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780 |
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10.3 |
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1,52 |
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8.2 |
| Operating rates, % |
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Feb. |
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28 |
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999 |
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-22.0 |
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| Inventories held by U.S. consumers 6 |
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Feb. 28 |
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28 |
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999 |
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-22.0 |
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| Woodpulp shipments 6 |
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Feb. |
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794 |
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24.8 |
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1,614 |
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21.6 |
| Operating rates, % |
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JFeb. |
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97 |
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91 |
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95 |
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92 |
1. American Forest & Paper Assn. 2. AF&PA, Bureau of Census, American Pulpwood Assn. 3. Fibre Box Assn., Paperboard Packaging Council. 4. Canadian Pulp and Paper Assn. 5. Includes construction and wet machine grades. 6. Not annualized. (s) = Shipments.
7. Categories have been revised: thin papers, previously included under the "other printing/writing" category, is now part of uncoated free-sheet. "Other printing/writing" now encompasses only bristols and cotton fiber papers.
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